Fixed

This is riding. This is a bicycle that teaches me something every time I ride it, that makes me more by virtue of it’s being less. It’s the bike I ride until the street lights come on and sometimes even longer. It’s the bike I put away sadly and take out joyfully. It’s the bike that never forgets why we ride.

-Kent Peterson

We’re big fixed gear fans at BnC. Beautiful, simple machines that are amazing fun to ride, easy to maintain, and easy to build.

We’re keen to see more people pedalling around Hobart on fixed gear bikes, be they track bikes or conversions. If you’re keen, let us know!

If you want to know more, visit Sheldon Brown.

If you want to get inspired, do it here:

Fyxomatosis.com – Mr White’s emporium of photos, news, stories, frames, vintage parts and general good times.

Old School Track – Track bikes on the street. Plenty of info about the best damn bikes for city riding.

Fixed Gear Gallery – Lots of bike porn, mixed amongst a fair amount of stinkers. Go digging and you’ll find gold.

Velospace – Kinda like MySpace for bikes. Plenty of amazing finds in there.

Lucas Brunelle’s Videos – The king of urban bike videos. Amazing helmet cam stuff from alleycats and messenger races. If this doesn’t make you throw your fist in the air and scream “holy shit!” then you may well be dead.

Shifter Bikes – Shifter Dan has a shop in Melbourne. He knows a hell of a lot about bikes and has some damn fine taste in music. If you want to build your own fixed gear, he can probably get you every part you need.

And of course, nothing inspires quite like bike porn: